Thoughts from the interface of science, religion, law and culture

After spending several years touring the country as a stand up comedian, Ed Brayton tired of explaining his jokes to small groups of dazed illiterates and turned to writing as the most common outlet for the voices in his head. He has appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show and the Thom Hartmann Show, and is almost certain that he is the only person ever to make fun of Chuck Norris on C-SPAN.

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Fischer: Only Accept Christian Refugees

Bryan Fischer is quite upset that we are accepting a few hundred refugees from war-torn Syria into the country because, true to his deep-seated bigotry against everyone who isn’t just like him, he thinks that only Christians should be allowed into the country.

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A radio host said that? Big deal. We had a political party leader say the same thing 2 months ago.

Admittedly it’s only the leader of UKIP (who have a grand total of zero MPs), but he still gets treated as a major player by all the mainstream news organisations. Tell me again how us Brits are so much more secular and progressive than those stupid christo-fascist yanks :(

Just how much is religion a factor in things like accepting refugees, political asylum, immigration, etc in the US? I know it’s a factor in getting paroled if you’re in prison (sadly) but what about on a national level?

On the contrary it is Fisher who is not the right sort of Christian. The true interpretation is known only to the select few and his name is listed as one of those not to be allowed. See how easy it is when you can make this shit up?

These Muslim Syrians are not assimilating. They congregate with ethnic and religious groups in certain sections of the cities or states, so they have no interest in assimilating in the larger American culture.

What??? They’ve been here for months and still haven’t assimilated? I’m sure that all the Christian Muslim Syrians speak fluent English, live in the Italian section of town and don’t congregate with any religious groups. Uh… skip that last part. They’re Christian so they’re allowed to congregate with others of the One True Religion.

Of course the refugees aren’t assimilating, you rancid-brained offal shoveler. THEY’RE REFUGEES. They don’t want to be Americans, you flag-eating dunce. They want to be Syrians in Syria. But since hanging out in that particular neighborhood carries a high chance of death, they have to hang out here.

They’re not assimilating? And, Christians would? Huh. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I saw various Christians churches with signs in lots of un-American scripts. Korean, Chinese, Farsi, probably others that I don’t remember. I wonder how he feels about this kind of non-assimilation?